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Kylotan · 11-26-2010, 10:49 AM

Legally speaking, that's not true. Just because you haven't had a cease-and-desist order yet doesn't mean they're not entitled to issue you one. The profit or not-for-profit nature can be taken into account when judging how fair the use is, but simply being not-for-profit does not make it legal.

11-26-2010, 10:49 AM	#13
Kylotan Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nottingham, UK Home MUD: Abattoir (Smaug) Home MUD: ex-Jellybean (Smaug) Home MUD: ex-Dark Chambers (Merc) Posts: 174	Re: Copyrighted character names. Legally speaking, that's not true. Just because you haven't had a cease-and-desist order yet doesn't mean they're not entitled to issue you one. The profit or not-for-profit nature can be taken into account when judging how fair the use is, but simply being not-for-profit does not make it legal.